Word and Spirit Baptist Alliance is an idea whose time has come. It emerges from decades of prayer, study, experience, and hope. Ours is a time marked by national chaos and global disruption, and an uncertain sound from many black churches disoriented by cultural and spiritual shifts in the religious landscape. 

The Alliance thus comes forth in a moment where Christian leadership is essential. Because we know that there are many voices identified by Christian along the theological spectrum, we distinguish ourselves by holding together scriptural integrity and spiritual experience in a particular stream of black Baptist convictions